Detachable hook



(No Model.)

l H. A. DE RISMBS.

DETAGHABLE HOOK- NU. 626,519. Y Patentedsept. 25, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIPPOLYTE A. `DE RAISMES, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

DETACHABLE Hook.

SPECIFIGATIONformng part of Letters Patent No. 526,519, dated September 25, 1894.

Application led August '7, 1893. Serial No. 482,516. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIPPOLYTE A. DE RAISMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Detachable Hooks, of which the following is aspeciication, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the same.

This invention relates generally to hooks of the kind that are used for removably securing one article to another, and are at the same time constructed to be readily detachable from the article carrying the same.

In the drawings accompanying this description, I show my invention as embodied in an eye-glass hook, that is, a hook adapted to be temporarily secured to a garment in convenient position and adapted to removably engage and support the eyeglasses of the wearer when not in use. It is to be understood, however, that I do not not confine myself to such use of a hook embodying my invention. The hook itself, the part to be removably secured to a garment or other article, may carry any suitable device by which any desired article may be removably fastened or secured, or it may have permanently attached thereto any article or device to be displayed or supported by the hook.

The object of the invention is to produce a detachable hook of such construction and arrangement of parts that it can be readily attached to and detached from a fabric or similar article and can also be securely held in place against accidental displacement or disarrangement; and it is especially the object of the invention to provide such a construction and arrangement of parts that the body or shank of the hook, when the same is properlysecured in position,will lie substantially parallel to the face of the fabric to which the hook is secured.

The invention consists generally of a divided or forked shank carrying two opposed hooks whose points are inclined toward each other and toward the head of the fork and are4 in a different, but preferably parallel plane, to the bows of the hooks and to the shank, whereby the fabric to be engaged can be freely forced between the points when the hook is moved onto the fabric in one direction, and will engage the fabric when moved in the opposite direction, or when the fabric is correspondingly moved.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear or point side of one form of ries a holder B, which is of construction and shape adapted to receive the spring or bow of a pair of eye-glasses. Projecting from the main shank are two branches, C, C, which separate from each other as shown, to form a fork and leave a space D between them, which space is in breadth approximately that of the thickness of a fold of common garment fabric.' The ends of the forked branches C, C, are formed into small opposed hooks the branches diverging equally at a short distance from the main shank to form the hook bows E, and the extreme ends of the branches being formed into the hook points F which are bent back along the same inclines that the bows have, but in a different and preferably parallel plane to that of the bows and the forked branches C, C. The length of the forked space D, extending from a point opposite the extreme points of the hooks E F to the head-of the fork, is approximately equal to the length of each of the hooks, which enables this space to operate to gage the amount of folded fabric which can be disposed of in the spaces between the points and the bows of the hooks without wrinkling when the folded fabric is straightened into a single thickness. The main shank A is preferably provided with a spur pin G which is curved parallel to the holder B and at a little distance therefrom and extends to the lower part of the same.

To fasten the hook to a fabric, as toacoat, vest o1' bosom of a dress, the operator will first pinch or gather up the fabric into a fold,

as seen in Fig. 2; then seizing the hook by IOO the holder B, he will force the hookpoiuts astride or on either sideof the folduntilthe edge of the fold 5enters between the forked. branches to their junction, and by pressing thefabric and slightly moving itin the `diy ,rection in which the spur pin G points, he f will cause its point to engage with the fabric as seen in Fig. 2. The operator will now pull the fabric fiat or to its normal position, which will force it upon the hook points F, causing` them to pass through the same, and the fabric to enter the hook spaces between the bows E and the points F, so that when the fabric resumes its original position only the shank n or body ofthe hook with any attaching devices thereon Willshow on theou'ter surface-` as seen in Fig. 3. When the fabric is thus flattened out, it is also forced upon the spur pin G and drawn upto the shank ofthe hook.r

It is specially noted that, in the construction described and shown in ythe drawings, when the fabric, after it has been engaged in the space D, is pulled flat or to its normal position, the shank or body of the hook will take a position substantially parallel-to the face or surface of the fabric towhieh it is secured, and will dothis naturally or by the mere flattening out of the folded fabric and Without the use of any other force or means. It will .also be seen that the hook when secured in place as above described, will be held securely at three different points against any tendency to displace `it or to move the holder end thereof away from or laterally on thek fabric. It will also be seen that the spur piu` G may be dispensed with, as itk does not afy fect the action of the hook points F, nor is it i necessary to cause the body or shank of the hook to assume a position parallel to the surface of the fabric when secured/in place. Its main purpose is to secure'thelower end of Y g the device when .used as an eye-glass holder y orffor similar purposes from swinginggout-y wardly from the fabricby changes of position of the body ofthe wearer. y

To remove the hook all that is needed is to seize the holder end and push upwardly, which will disengage the hook points F F and G. yl`freferably, however, the fabricshould be' pinchedup so as to form a fold, similar toy that formed when applying thehook, and the hook be then pushed off the fold. i l

I yhave shown the hook points `Fasfpractically touching, but they may be `spaced to any desired extent, the essential feature.` being that'y these points are opposed or point r*toward each other and are also inclined each toward the fork of the shank and away from the fabric as they are being forced on the same,land that they lie in a different plane from their bows so as tok leave a space between the points andthe bows for the dis'- y Attention is also called posal of they fabric. to the fact that the part of the hook constiy Y i fold ofthe fabric;

the disengaged end ofthe hook down upon i What isclaimed as new,s' -r A detachable hookconsisting of aforked I IO i `V tutingfthe shank is forked ordivided to an f extent and ina manner `that yadapts it tofk serve tomeasure or `gage the` extent neces-1 sary for the hookpoints tok be forced on the The shank wires maybe elastic or not as J may` be desiredrglfthey come very close together, then it is preferred that they or the hook points yhave some capacity of yielding,

lbut if they are slightly separated, then such Y the hook of wire,but obviously it maybe made of other suitable material.

It is observed that a valuable feature of my linventionconsists in the arrangement of the hook points Fin relationto their bows E, the points being ina diderent but preferably parallel plane to the hows, so that there is a space between each pointand its bow` in which the fabric is disposed, and which permits the body lor shank of the hook naturally or without forcing it, to assume a position substantially parallel tothe surface of the fabric to which it is attached. This is important not only v4when the hook is used for an eye-glass holder,

but in many other uses to which it is appliy cable, for instance, in securin g together parts of garments whose edges are in substantially the same plane and which are frequently secured by ordinary hooks and eyes. The positiony of the hook points F in a diiferent plane from that of the ybows E clearly distinguishes the present construction from that described audshown in United States Letters Patent No. 479,163,datedr July 1o, 1892, in ywhichl the hook points and bows as well as the shank, f all lie in the same plane, and as a result the body or shank of the hook, when the latter ,is secured in place, will stand out at substanti ally right angles to the face ofthe fabric,

unlessforced` and retainedy in some other pon sition.'`

shank lcarrying opposed hooks whose points are in a different plane from their bows and are inclined toward each otherandtoward the head of theffork of the shank, substarl-V` f tially as yand for the purposes set forth,v

2. The combination, ina detachable. hook,V of forked shankY branches C G,opposed hooks;` f Lhavingtheir'points FF, in a different plane from their bows E E,andinclined'toward each I other and toward the head ofthe fork of thek shank, andaspur pin G, substantially as and f for the pnrposesldescribed.

` elasticity will not be necessary. I have shown f e. A detachable husk consisting of a forked 1 shank carrying opposed hooks, whose points,

are in ya different plane from their bows and "are inclined toward each other and toward the head of the fork of the shank, and a securing device attached to themain shank, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

, HIPBOLYTE A. DE ItAISlllES.` n Witnesses:` Y n Roer. F. GAYLoRn, 1 JAMES N. (burrow.` f 

